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Originally Posted by Kurt505
Not true at all. I personally witnessed the exact scenario go down. A friend of mine shot a buck with his 338win in the gut and we watched him empty the rest of his rifle at the deer while the deer stood next to a round bale. After about a half hour my phone rang, it was his wife saying he had ran out of bullets!
One shot with a 280 dropped the deer flat in his tracks. Undeniable proof the 280 is a better deer rifle than the 338win...... right?
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Kurt, the stuff you write. Wow is all i got, you have absolutely no clue if thats true what he said or not, a shot to the guts implies anything behind the diaphram and could hit a variety of things depending o the angle and the damage done. First off if this story is true,and i doubt that it is, then maybe you could help your friend out with your wisdom instead of mocking all of us. Your 280 is no better than a 270 and less of a cartridge than a 30-06 and certainly no 338 if your man enough to shoot it without flinching, that may be your problem however since your so vocal in a 223 thread, you would have to be fool to think a man that can shoot a magnum is less a shooter than a man who can not. If both hit a perfect shot then it does not matter but if i miss by 6 inches, id rather have a much larger exit hole to follow the blood trail. Maybe others will reply with the 223 using a quality bullet and compare it to a larger round with a crap bullet as usually happens but if both cartridges are using a quality bullet,,,,ill use the bigger one that I can handle any damn day of the week. BTW there is nothing wrong with a 280 but there is also nothing wrong with a 300wm, 7mm rem mag or the 338 if you can shoot them. Please feel free to respond to how stupid I am for disagreeing with your infinite wisdom O wise one